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Megan’s Cover

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Here’s my cover (I figured it out! Thanks, Elena!). Like Cara, I was asked to submit three possible scenes from my book. This scene? Doesn’t happen. The only thing I was adamant about, however, was that the heroine NOT have any curls and have black hair. I also said the hero looked a bit like Hugh Jackman, with extra-broad shoulders. The artist got all those details right, and they look like my characters. I really like this cover, actually, even though there’s no strolling about with flowers scene in the book. To me, it looks like the morning after (ahem). The night before scene is the last one in the book. YES! There’s sex! Oh, how Utterly Risky of me! Anyway, now that I know how to upload pictures, I’m going to be a terror. Ha, ha, the monster has been unleashed! Okay. I think I should cut back on the coffee. More later.

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Risk-taking…and a few mistakes

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Risk-taking . . . and a few mistakes

Hi, it’s Megan Frampton, another dangerous risk-taker here. I have many, many theories about what makes a traditional Regency different from a Regency-set historical (not all of which I’ll share, thank your lucky stars), and when I wrote A Singular Lady (which comes out October 4, mark it on your calendars), I thought I was writing a Regency-set historical. I have since figured out I did not, not least of which is because Signet bought my book to publish it as a trad.
What makes my Regency different from the pelisse-and-Almack’s crowd? Well, first of all, my heroine is out to marry for money. Her father’s reputation means she is not allowed into Almack’s, she is not classically beautiful, and she swears on occasion. My hero wears scuffed boots, worn clothes, and hates the social scene. Plus they have sex before they’re married, and she doesn’t yelp about how much it hurts the first time.
Oh, and I screwed up my hero’s title, big-time, which means I’ll be getting plenty of finger-wagging mail from folks who know a lot more about titles than I do. But I hope people enjoy the story, because it’s fiction, after all.
I’m looking forward to meeting my fellow risky Authors, and whomever stumbles across our blog. Enjoy, post, share, discuss!

Megan

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It’s a Mystery!

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Apologies for my absence last week–I was off at the Jersey Shore (no jokes!), and was not able to post.

This week, I am very excited about the upcoming BBC America show Ripper Street; obviously later than the Regency period, since it references the Jack the Ripper murders, but it’s set in London in 1889, and I like Matthew Macfadyen (even if he’s not nearly as compelling as he was in MI-5 and Pride and Prejudice), and the actor who plays Bronn on Game of Thrones, who I really like.

I’ve been watching Copper on BBC America as well; it’s not nearly as good as it should be, but the setting (1864 NYC, right around the notorious Five Points area), and the badass hero keep me tuning in, at least until other stuff comes around again.

I love historical mystery series–I’m still waiting for someone to turn Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January series into a screened event–although I could never write a mystery myself.

What historical mystery books or shows or movies are your favorites? ‘s

 

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Jane of All Trades

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Oh, my goodness, whoa!

Life was busy before, and now it is just insane! Yesterday I had an uncomfortable, boring dental procedure, which means I can only drink (not that kind of drink, either) for four days. Then mushy foods (bring on the cream of wheat!) and then less mushy foods, for a bit of excitement after about a week.

And on top of this is the writing, and the life, and all that stuff.

As always, though, reading is my respite–this morning I finished Lisa Kleypas’s The Devil in Winter, which I liked a lot. I can definitely relate to a shy wallflower! And then I began the second in a post-apocalyptic YA, the first book of which made me sob–SOB!–at the end. So that is good.

I am hoping to persuade my husband to watch Jane Eyre with me, the one with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson. Because of me being all convalescent and all. I don’t think there’s been a definitive Jane Eyre yet, but there have been good ones.

Wish me luck on converting him to the cult of personality that is Mr. Rochester.

Which is your favorite version?

Megan

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